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RBS750 drops wired connection to RBR 750 and reverts to wireless
House has thick granite walls so CAT5 wiring to every room connected via Netgear GS324 switch. Orbi set up as follows - fibre internet wired to the WAN port on the RBR750, RBR750 wired to the switch...
If things are working, leave it and let it run.
At some point, I'd recommend you downgrade the system back to v.21 and avoid v.31. We can't recommend v.31 currently.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-SystemGood luck.
Thanks for sticking with this Furrye38. They are all on v7.2.3.61_5.0.24
The house is 4500 sq ft, there is a central granite built farmhouse, with 2 wings and a kitchen that runs across the back. The fibre comes in to one of the wings so I have to put the RBR there, and get the signal through the main house, into the kitchen and down to the far wing. The distance between the router and the last satellite is just over 80 feet. To get the router to connect to the RBSs in the main house (lounge, gym and kitchen), through the granite, two satellites are only physically about 15 feet away, the third is about 30 ft from the first two but the signal is poor/degraded in all 3. I've tried several locations before I managed to get blue connections.
I started with nothing in the Gym or Utility and found I could not reach the far wing or the Gym (purple LEDs). I bought one for the Gym (blue LED) but still got yellow LED on the in the bedrooms so I put one in the Utility. Now I get blue throughout but the signal is a bit degraded in the bedrooms and the gym.
Incidentally I'm not sure that I have only Cat5, the cable has 4 twisted pairs which the internet tells me is Cat5e.
What I don't get is why the RBS drops the wired connection intermittently.
I'd bring the GYM RBS to same room or near the RBR and ethernet connect it there.
IF all or most of the RBS are ethernet connected and they are not connecting and showing "wired" status, usually means there is a problem between the RBR and RBS in cabling/LAN switch, In wall cabling or LAN patch panel problem.
What region are you located?